Facilities Manager

Sanctuary Group; Chester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Facilities Manager to oversee and enhance their office environments. This role involves ensuring compliance with health and safety standards, managing contractors, and optimizing facility management services across multiple sites. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication and organizational skills, along with a proven track record in facilities management. Join a team that values diversity and offers a supportive work environment, with a comprehensive benefits package designed to promote your well-being and professional growth.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Life Assurance

Employee Volunteering scheme

Employee Advice Service

Cycle to Work scheme

Voluntary health plans

Employee discounts

Wellbeing support

Employee recognition scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in multi-site facilities management is essential.
• Strong communicator with excellent customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with health and safety standards.
• Manage contractors and prepare office budgets.
• Develop and monitor facility management programs.

Skills

Multi-site facilities management

Communication skills

Customer service skills

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Driving license

Job description

Sanctuary is one of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and community services. With around13,000 employees, we maintain a culture where diversity is valued and talent is nurtured and rewarded.

Facilities Manager

Chester

£32,244 - £33,941 per year

35 hours per week

We have an exciting opportunity for a Facilities Manager to join our team of 26 based in Chester. In this role you will be responsible for group office and hub offices delivering fully compliant, cost-effective facilities management services. This position covers the Northwest region. There may be occasions when other regions need to be covered as part of a buddy system.

The role of Facilities Manager

will include:

-Ensuring compliance with health and safety standards
-Arranging the servicing and repair of facilities and equipment
-Managing contractors
-Preparing and tracking office budgets which includes verifying invoices and approving payments
-Developing and monitoring a facility management programme including preventative maintenance and life-cycle requirements
-Being on call to react to office / equipment failures


Skills and experiences:

-Proven experience of multi-site facilities management is essential
-Ability to manage priorities and meet customer expectations
-The successful candidate will be a strong communicator with experience of facilities management and have excellent communication and customer services skills
-Outstandingly organised with a high degree of attention to detail and accuracy
-Awareness of opportunities to improve efficiency and standards
-Innovative problem solver
-Travel is a requirement of the role, therefore a full driving licence is essential


Why work for us?

One of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and commercial services, Sanctuary employs more than 14,000 people and manages over 116,000 units of accommodation throughout England and Scotland, including general rented, retirement living, supported housing, student and key worker accommodation and care homes. Sanctuary also provides a range of other services including maintenance, care and telecare, all of which are delivered by our dedicated employees who are completely committed to customer service.

Our Benefits

As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:

-25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays
-A pension scheme with matching employer contributions from Sanctuary up to set limits
-Life Assurance
-Employee Volunteering scheme
-Employee Advice Service including counselling
-Cycle to Work scheme
-Voluntary health plans
-Employee discounts
-Wellbeing support and tools
-Employee recognition scheme
-Employee platform to access your reward and wellbeing package online, find exclusive discounts, wellbeing resources and recognition tools
-Employee Networks, with a shared interest in inclusion, and who provide invaluable support to colleagues
-£32,244 per annum (rising to £33,941 per annum after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)


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Closing Date: 15 May 2025

If you're unsure about any details, have questions about the role or want to discuss a need for adjustments, our fantastic talent team will be happy to help you # reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.

View more detail about what it’s like to work for our organisation, and what we offer on our Sanctuary careers pages at - sanctuary/join-our-team

Inclusion

is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary’s commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.



Building Equality and Diversity

Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers.
We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent unlawful working.
Sanctuary Group is a trading name of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.